stuff I love!

I love cookbooks (well all books really but...) I love all cookbooks- Old ones, new ones, funny small ones, touristy ones... cookbooks are just great. You can get a view of a different culture, feel like you have traveled somewhere new, right from your own kitchen.

You can dream about meals, future, and fantastical.

and-

you can learn about history.

That is where Old CookBooks .com comes in. A great cookbook retailer with an amazing inventory. Great for gifts, and just great to browse around and see a view of meals and food culture from our long ago and recent past.

check out their easy to use site. They are super nice as well. I have gotten a few gifts for special cooking friends in the past. They have repair services too, if your own special old cookbook needs some work.

just a super site to visit and browse.

Special-TEA- Tuesday- an all tea menu!

I have read a lot about drink and cooking with tea- but as the weather turns colder the idea of a meal made with tea sounds very intriguing to me. Tea is a gorgeous beverage with an incredible history. Now we also know that tea is healthy for us, full of anti oxidants. And with so many different types of teas, grown in so many places- there is a lot of room for experimenting when cooking with tea. Some basic tea-cooking styles can be varied, steaming, smoking with tea, and marinating.

This site has a very interesting "All Tea Menu."
And I have always wanted to try Tea-Marbled Eggs...
I am hoping to try this - maybe this weekend. I will report back for sure!